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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.6.21

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 6: Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants. Daśaratha rules a prosperous and disciplined population, supported by trained warriors, fine horses and powerful elephants

In the sequence: trained warriors guard the city, which is supplied with fine horses from Kāmboja, Bāhlīka, Vanāyu, and river regions, and powerful elephants from the Vindhya and Himālaya and celebrated elephant lineages

1.6.21

vindhyaparvapajair mattaiḥ pūrṇā haimavatair api
madānvitair atibalair mātaṅgaiḥ parvatopamaiḥ

full too of rutting elephants born on the Vindhya mountains and on the Himalaya, of immense strength, in must, resembling mountains;

Words: vindhyaparvapajair — born on the Vindhya mountains; mattaiḥ — rutting, in must; pūrṇā — full; haimavatair api — and Himalayan ones too; madānvitair — filled with rut; atibalair — of immense strength; mātaṅgaiḥ — with elephants; parvatopamaiḥ — resembling mountains

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.